It's quiet 10, no apologies! (continued)

[decmancity]

Jordi Alba to Barca for 12m Euros. What a bargain!

 

[LoveCity]

How the hell are they getting him so cheap? He could be the best left-back in world football soon.

 

[OB1]

Lescott better than Gerard P. Maybe in the PL. But I did qualify my statement by selecting Pique for european games where Lescotts extremely poor distribution is not doing us any favours.

Please define extremely poor distribution. Presumably it has nothing to do with pass completion as JL's is 92.4% in UCL (87.5% in EPL) whereas GP's is 88.8% in UCL (86% in La Liga)? Or maybe you are just another one of the folks on here that doesn't really know what they are talking about?

 

[Neville Kneville]

Lescott better than Gerard P. Maybe in the PL. But I did qualify my statement by selecting Pique for european games where Lescotts extremely poor distribution is not doing us any favours.

Please define extremely poor distribution. Presumably it has nothing to do with pass completion as JL's is 92.4% in UCL (87.5% in EPL) whereas GP's is 88.8% in UCL (86% in La Liga)? Or maybe you are just another one of the folks on here that doesn't really know what they are talking about?

Well said.

Lescott's distribution is often better than VC's too.

 

[OB1]

Lescott better than Gerard P. Maybe in the PL. But I did qualify my statement by selecting Pique for european games where Lescotts extremely poor distribution is not doing us any favours.

Please define extremely poor distribution. Presumably it has nothing to do with pass completion as JL's is 92.4% in UCL (87.5% in EPL) whereas GP's is 88.8% in UCL (86% in La Liga)? Or maybe you are just another one of the folks on here that doesn't really know what they are talking about?

Well said.

Lescott's distribution is often better than VC's too.

Slightly better overall in the league but worse in UCL. Probably because Vinnie tries to play more long passes. Lescott is not a wonderful passer of the ball but he doesn't attempt to do what he can't do (!), he keeps it short and simple, which is fine for a CB. If we want a CB to be spraying the ball out from the back then we need someone like T. Silva but he is only available for silly money it would seem.

 

[Joehannes]

How the hell are they getting him so cheap? He could be the best left-back in world football soon.

Did they have a buy back clause?

 

[wahooblue]

I just don't think having 4 world class strikers will work. Unless someone is happy to just pick up their paycheck week in week out and not playing any football but the odd cup game. Someone will get unhappy and take to the media to vent out their frustration and bring unwanted negative attention to the team.

Yes but 3 world class strikers (giving Mario the benefit of the doubt--he will get there soon enough) and a soon to be world class winger/forward (who tracks back) in Bale would be plenty.

Sell Dzeko and Tevez

Buy Bale and Falcao

Our strikers and attacking midfielders are settled for years.

 

[MSP]

Jordi Alba to Barca for 12m Euros. What a bargain!

source?

 

[Ray78]

Jordi Alba to Barca for 12m Euros. What a bargain!

source?

Emery has let it slip that he is going to Barca but no fee has yet been mentioned.

 

[cleav]

i really hope we haven't given up all hope on thiago silva. if he was the only player we signed, i wouldn't be disappointed. it would be nice to get someone to play out on the wing as well, but silva by himself would really help the team.